Rulers
Ivan IV the Terrible
The first crowned Russian tsar
Show on the timeline- Lifespan
- 1530 — 1584
- Reign
- 1533–1584
Inherited the grand princely throne as a child and was crowned tsar in 1547. Mid-16th-century reforms and the conquests of Kazan and Astrakhan expanded the state, while the oprichnina brought mass repression and the Livonian War ended in failure.
- Dynasty
- Rurikids
- Centre of power
- Moscow
- Title
- Grand prince: 1533–1547; tsar: 1547–1584
- Parents
- Vasily III and Elena Glinskaya
- Heir
- Feodor I